Interesting, that's what I was wondering exactly, thanks for the context.
I think the main difference between our experiences is stemming from the "Play" garden.
when I was on android, I didn't care that the Play experience was being "deprecated" because all I would use it (and YTM) for was music.
And now with Apple, I just think it as my "music" app. And regardless of platform, I find it absolutely demolishes Spotify top to bottom in UI/UX, audio options, discovery, app health, etc.)
I've never had AA/Carplay, so not surprised this has never bothered me. Makes me realize i'm missing an entire feature suite.
Have you tried it recently? I'm interested if you'd find it to be more "normie polished" than it used to be.
Edit: not sure why I'm defending an evil mega-corp, trying to justify my years of purchases I guess :)
I've fooled with it, but didn't see any draw. I removed it from my initial bloatware purge of my Pixel, including Google's launcher.
At a glance,
Things that leave a bad taste in my mouth:
- Genres > Metal > "Numb" by Linkin Park
- New Releases isn't organized by genre, which means you breathe through a straw, and hope Google brings a release to your attention.
- The "feed" New Releases which is apparently robo-tailored includes a Slowdive album from 1996, and a bunch of corporate stuff I'll likely never be in the mood for.
- no acknowledgement of labels, collectives, or studios. all very real constructs in current music.
- presumably live music recs are out even though those were never accurate to begin with
- there wasn't any on boarding, i guess im just to assume google knows who i am. went through onboarding, it's just there to slurp up artist relations and obtain feedback on recent trends it's inefficient and irritating out of touch
I think the main difference between our experiences is stemming from the "Play" garden.
when I was on android, I didn't care that the Play experience was being "deprecated" because all I would use it (and YTM) for was music. And now with Apple, I just think it as my "music" app. And regardless of platform, I find it absolutely demolishes Spotify top to bottom in UI/UX, audio options, discovery, app health, etc.)
I've never had AA/Carplay, so not surprised this has never bothered me. Makes me realize i'm missing an entire feature suite.
Have you tried it recently? I'm interested if you'd find it to be more "normie polished" than it used to be.
Edit: not sure why I'm defending an evil mega-corp, trying to justify my years of purchases I guess :)